In this voyage I visited my new colony on the island, saw the Spaniards(西班牙人), had the whole story of their lives and of the villains(罪犯) I left there; how at first they treated the poor Spaniards badly,·how they afterwards agreed, disagreed, unired, separated, and how at last the Spaniards were forced to use violence with them; how they gave in to the spaniards, how honestly the Spaniards used them ---- a history, if it were entered into, as full of variety and wonderful accidents as my own part ---- particularly, also, as to their battles with the Caribbeans, who landed several times upon the Island, and as to the improvement they made upon the Island itself, and how five of them made an attempt upon the main land, and brought away eleven men and five women prisoners, by which, at my coming, I found about twenty young children on the Island.
Here I stayed bout 20 days, left them supplies of all necessary things, and particularly of arms, powder, shot, cloths, tools, and two workmen, which I brought from England with me, namely a carpenter and a smith.
Besides this, I shared the Island into parts with them, reserved to myself the property of whole but gave them such parts
resoeetively as they agreed on; and having settled all things with them and encouraged them not to leave the place, I left them there.
From then on I landed the Brazils, from where I sent a bark, which I bought there, with more people to the island; and in it, besides other supplies, I sent seven women, being such persons as I found proper for service, or for wives to such as would take them. As to the Englishmen, I promised them to send them some women from England, with a good cargo(船貨) of necessaries, if they would apply themselves to planting ---- which I afterwards could not perform. And the fellows proved very honest an
d diligent after they were mastered and had their properties set apart for them. I sent them also from the Brazils five cows, three of them being big with calf, some sheep, and some pigs, which when I came again were considerably increased.
But all these things, with an account how 300 Caribbeans came and invaded(入侵) them, and ruined their plantations, and how they fought with that whole number twice, and were at first defeated, and one of them killed; but at last a storm destroying most of their enemies’ boats, they destroyed almost all the rest, and renewed and recovered the possession of their plantation, and still lived upon the Island.
All these things, with some very surprising incidents in some new adventures of my own, for ten years more, I may perhaps give a further account of the story.
小題1:From Paragraph l, we know _______ .
A.the Spaniards were always getting along well with the villains |
B.the Spaniards were always the rulers of the island |
C.the Spaniards and the villains both ruled the island peacefully |
D.the Spaniards and the villains once had battles witll each other |
小題2:In Paragraph 2, the place where I stayed was probably ________.
A.a(chǎn) wild island | B.a(chǎn) deserted downtown |
C.a(chǎn) primitive supermarket | D.a(chǎn) new city |
小題3:The underlined word “
respectively” in the third paragraph probably means ______ .
A.separately | B.particularly | C.specially | D.surprisingly |
小題4:The writer of the story once went to _______.
A.Japan and Brazil | B.England and Brazil |
C.France and Spain | D.Korea and Caribbean |
小題5:From the story, we can judge the Writer might be _______ .
A.a(chǎn)n invader | B.a(chǎn) carpenter | C.a(chǎn)n adventurer | D.a(chǎn) prisoner |